Autographic register



J. Q. SHERMAN AUTOGRAPHIG REGISTER Filed Apr 11; 1917 a sheets-sheet 1 Feb. 13, 1923. 1,445,108

J. Q. SHERMAN AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER Filed Apr. 14:, 1917 2 sheets-sheet 2 M17 rne'gas.

' ficulty is largely overcome by feed, and if the sprocket feedm devices are Patented Feb. 13, 192:5.

1,445,108 PATENT OFFICE.

UNITED STATES JOHN Q. SHERMAN, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

Application filed April 14, 1917. Serial No. 161,940.

To all whom it my 0091619772:

Be it known that I, JOHN Q. SHERMAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Autographic Registers, of' which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawingi, forming part of this specification.

y invention relates to autographic registers, the object of which is to deliver duplicate copies of printed or unprinted blanks filled out byhandwriting made with a lead pencil or the like prior to the delivery of the slip. In machines of this character there have been developed in the past numerous ways of feeding the paper strips past the writing or tab-let top portion to the tearing off point where the blanks are severed from the strips, among which are the feeding of the strips between revolving rolls held together by tension and the feeding of the strips by means of sprockets which engage substantial perforations along the marginal lines of the strips, and by successive engagement with the marginal series of holes constituting the perforations feed the paper along over the tablet top. Y

The dificulty encountered in the feeding of several strips of paper simultaneously between revolving rolls has been that the strips do not remain in 'registery with each other, so that the filling out of duplicate printed blanks becomesdifiicult. This difthe sprocket pro erly constructed in combination with per orations in the paper of proper size and arrangement, tltere willbe perfect registry of the strips at all times.

As can be readily understood, however, the roll feed type'has one great advantage in being the simpler form of structure and in requiring no perforating of paper. It is'my object in this invention to combine in one machine the advantages of the sprocket feed and the roll feed. I do not desire to feed the strips. by means of marginal sprocket engaged perforations, but desire to use pins an perforations for the purpose only of alignlng the strips, so far as this is pos- In providin for the above purpose, the usual roll fee is used, with some slight points of difference which will. be pointed out. The pin aligning devices are arranged across the one feed roll transverse the path of the paper, and engage in perforations slightly larger than the pins, said perforations being located at one point only in each section of the strips. In the type of my invention which is the preferred one and the one shown .in the drawings, the holes are so placed that they come near the head of the various forms or sections in the paper strips, so that when the separate pieces are torn off or severed, they willhave the holes properly located for filing in binders or on filing pins or the like.

The above objects and advantages and other advantages which will be duly referred to are accomplished by that certain construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more specifically pointed out and claimed. w

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a detail side elevation of the register, showing the upper corner thereof broken away.

Figure 2 is atop plan view of the parts shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional view of the rolls disassembled showing the feedof the paper.

Figure 4 is a detail side elevation of the tension roll elevating cam and finger.

Figure 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of a complete device constructed according to my invention.

()n rods 21, journ'aled in the sides of the casing are the paper rolls A, B and the strips of paper a, I) and o therefrom being drawn up over rollers 4, and over the tablet plate 2 to the feeding and aligning devices. In the top is mounted a roll 5, called the tension roll, under tension from spring 6. The roll 5 rides in slots 7 in the elevated portion 8 of the top 4.

For raising u the tension roll by hand there is provide a cam 9 pivoted to the side 13 which is stopped at the end of each operation by means of any usual spring pin stop 14.

On both ends, preferably, of the feed roll is located a disk plate 15, provided with a cam 16, same being secured to the ends of the roll in any desired way so as tocontact with the tension roll. During most of the path of the rolls the disk plates do not affect their relation oftensioned contact, but near the end of the operation of the handle the raised portion or cam 16 of the plate contacts with the tension roll and elevates it out of contact with the feed roll. This cam, for a purpose to be described, is of substantial length-so as to keep the rolls out of contact just before the close of the feed of each set of forms or slips.

' The aligning feature of the register is provided by two pins 17, 17, set in the large feed roll transverse of its rotary movement. The pins are tapered to a blunt point, and are set in a straight line across the roll in a position to be vertical when the handle has completed a revolution and the cams on the feed roll have removed the tension roll from contact position and let it back again. This is the preferred position of the cams, the essential relation between them and the pins being that the tension should be released during the adjustment of the strips of paper, as will be described.

The paper strips 0, b and 0 may be printed into forms and will have at the head of each form a pair of holes 18 which are preferably substantially larger than the base of the pins, and may be round or slightly oblong. These holes are located a short dis tance behind the forward edge of the forms and thus can be used for filing in binders or the like. The spacing of the pins and holes is arranged for permitting the use of the holes for such a filing of the severed slips. The holes also will be in like positions with relation to the printing on the forms so that when the holes are aligned, the printing will be aligned on the several strips. To give clearance to the pins 17, the tension roll is grooved at 19, 19, and the strip per and tablet top plates are notched out (Figure 2).

As so constructed, the-paper is first placed in the machine by throwing up the tension roll by the hand lever, and inserting the duplica-te strips a, b and c in registry between the rolls. The feed roll should be positioned atthe end of itsstroke and thus the posi tioning pins will be about vertical. The holes in the paper are set over the pins, the tension roll permitted to come down over the feed roll, and the operation of the machine can be started. Each operation of the memos handle will feed out one length of the paper for tearing off, which will bring the pins around to vertical again and in engagement with the holes of the next form.

As the pins come around with the feed roll toward the end of the stroke, they will be thrust into the center of the holes in the duplicate strips. This is because the feed roll is larger in circumference than the length of form used in the paper. The cams 16 will then raise the tension roll and the paper will for the space, say of one inch be drawn along by the pins as they approach the vertical without the pressure of the tension roll on the paper strips, so that adjustment of the paper will be accomplished and the paper during the completion of the movement of theroll 12 will not be under the tension of the roll 5.

Since the paper is loosely held during this time, without tension it will be possible for the duplicate strips to adjust themselves on the pins, thereby bringing them into alignment. The holes being larger than the pins permits of the adjustment of the paper on the pins, since otherwise the pins would tear the paper in entering the holes. The strips can be slightly out of line and be drawn back into line by means of the pins in this device;

At the start of the feed of the nextstrip, the pins will start the paper moving along with the feed rollsand, within an inch say, will release the papers altogether. There should not be any tension to speak of on the paper strips while they are in engagement with the pins on the first half of their engagement with the paper, either from the source of supply of the paper or between the rolls of the feeding device. On the second half of the engagement of the pins (i. e., the start of the feed) with the paper the friction between the rolls is not released. As stated above, the exact location and length of the cams is the preferred form, and the machine would operate if the friction was relieved by the cams at the start as well as at the end of the feed.

It can be appreciated readily that the above device aligns the paper by means of the pins without the necessity of marginal perforations, and without the necessity of providing feeding sprockets. The feed is the old roll feed without essential modification. The holes in the paper may he used in many filing systems which is another advantage of the device. There is but one line of perforations'for each feeding section of the paper and the loss in alignment in one revolution of a roll feed is not so much that it cannot'be easily taken up by some such structure as the one above described.

The various details of construction above described are intended as an example of the application of the principles of my invention, and not as the only manner in which the invention could be applied so far as its essential novelty is concerned.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Lette rs Patent, is

1. In a friction-roll manifolder. provided with form strips having holes spaced apart the length of a form, a drive roll and a cooperative driven roll for feeding forms nearly a form length at each feeding operation, pins on said drive roll for engaging form holes for feeding said forms the-remaining distance, and means for rendering the forms loosely held during the pin feed.

2. In a friction-roll manifolder provided with form strips having holes spaced apart the length of a form, a drive roll having a circumference substantially equal to a form length, pins projecting from said drive roll in a single radial plane for engaging form holes at each revolution, a pressure roll cooperating with said drive roll for feeding forms, there being clearance in said pressure roll for the passage of said pins, and means for rendering the forms'loosely held during said passage of said pins. v

3. In a friction-roll manifolder provided with form strips having holes spaced apart the length of a form, a drive roll having a circumference substantially equal to a form length. a pair.of pins on said drive roll for engaging form holes at each revolution, a spring-pressed driven roll cooperating with said drive roll for feeding forms, there being peripheral grooves in said driven roll for the passage of said pins, means for providing free form clearance between the rolls during said passage of said pins, and means adjacent the driven roll for stripping the forms from said pins.

4; Ina friction-roll manifolder provided with form strips having holes spaced apart the length of a for a drive roll having a circumference substantially equal to a form length, means for turning said drive roll a revolution at a time, a pair of pins on said drive roll normally engaging form holes, a driven roll having grooves into which said pins normally project, means for normally preventing pressure on the forms between the rolls, and means for rendering the rolls cooperative throughout the greater part of a revolution of said drive roll.

JOHN Q. SHERMAN. 

